CyberCubed
03-18-2013, 10:17 PM
If you actually watched the entire original series, we actually learn quite a bit of Krang's backstory from bits and pieces of various episodes. Its hard to catch but pay attention and you'll notice it:
1) Krang was banished to Earth and lost his body after he was exiled from Dimension X. How, why or who banished him was never explained.
2) Krang used to have a full reptilian body, as seen in "Invasion of the Krangezoids" from Season 7.
3) Berserko helped design the Technodrome, and used to be Krang's partner before he doublecrossed him. He is in the first episode of Season 8. This makes it seem like the Technodrome was originally built in Dimension X.
4) Shreeka used to be Krang's partner (ex-lover?) in Dimension X, until he, "abandoned her in the Andromeda Galaxy and kept her power ring." as she says. Shreeka was an interesting character as she was humanoid in appearance but was from Dimension X.
5) Krang created the Rock Soldiers, and perhaps General Traag himself by using the mutagen on rocks to create an army. This is explained in, "Michaelangelo's Birthday" as his anti-mutagen turns 3 Rock Soldiers back into plain rocks. This makes it seem like the Rock Soldiers are actually mutants themselves.
6) Shredder meets Krang at some point after he was banished on Earth. Perhaps this means Krang landed in Japan originally? Krang promises Shredder about "untold power he could only dream of" in Dimension X with various alien technology. At some point Shredder abandons the human Foot Clan and joins Krang and creates the robot Foot army.
7) Krang is at war with the Neutrino race, and several episodes show the Rock Soldiers trying to capture or kill Neutrinos. Season 4's "Four Turtles and a Baby" shows the Rock Soldiers attacking a Neutrino city and the Neutrino leaders send Princess Tribble to Earth to protect her.
8 ) In, "The Four Musketurtles" we see a flashback of Krang's race and they're all brains in bubble walkers, contradicting their full body growth from Season 7. This is either a continuity glitch or before Krang managed to grow himself a body. This also proves that Krang is actually from a race in the series, whether or not they were Utroms was never explained.
9) Krang spends the vast majority of the shows run trying to find a new power source to re-power the Technodrome and take over NYC. From there he planned to conquer the Earth and then expand his operations back to Dimension X.
10) Krang seemingly created the mutagen, and throughout the shows run we're told that the ingredients to make it are very rare. Several episodes has Krang saying, "Mutagen doesn't grow on trees you know," or, "You wasted perfectly good mutagen," or, "That was the last vile of mutagen I had," implying the stuff is extremely hard to come by or produce. Some episodes even explain the formula used, such as "Bindex-3" and so forth. This is perhaps why Shredder/Krang never did create an army of mutants, it was hard to come by and they always messed up everytime they had some.
11) Dimension X is called "a parallel universe with untold power" by Shredder in, "White Belt, Black Heart." Everytime the Turtles or the villains came to or from Dimension X they first went through a portal.
12) Antrax is called, "Krang's royal executioner," which is actually pretty gruesome for old toon standards.
13) Krang likes watching American soap operas (as seen in The Ninja Sword of Nowhere) and is a snappy dresser. He calls his bubble walker his, "best suit" and his android body is almost like an extensive of himself.
If you actually take the time to notice all of the Krang history tidbits in the original series, there's actually a lot to piece together. This is what I love about the original cartoon, it seems simple on the surface but when you dig deep enough you find things you didn't notice before.
1) Krang was banished to Earth and lost his body after he was exiled from Dimension X. How, why or who banished him was never explained.
2) Krang used to have a full reptilian body, as seen in "Invasion of the Krangezoids" from Season 7.
3) Berserko helped design the Technodrome, and used to be Krang's partner before he doublecrossed him. He is in the first episode of Season 8. This makes it seem like the Technodrome was originally built in Dimension X.
4) Shreeka used to be Krang's partner (ex-lover?) in Dimension X, until he, "abandoned her in the Andromeda Galaxy and kept her power ring." as she says. Shreeka was an interesting character as she was humanoid in appearance but was from Dimension X.
5) Krang created the Rock Soldiers, and perhaps General Traag himself by using the mutagen on rocks to create an army. This is explained in, "Michaelangelo's Birthday" as his anti-mutagen turns 3 Rock Soldiers back into plain rocks. This makes it seem like the Rock Soldiers are actually mutants themselves.
6) Shredder meets Krang at some point after he was banished on Earth. Perhaps this means Krang landed in Japan originally? Krang promises Shredder about "untold power he could only dream of" in Dimension X with various alien technology. At some point Shredder abandons the human Foot Clan and joins Krang and creates the robot Foot army.
7) Krang is at war with the Neutrino race, and several episodes show the Rock Soldiers trying to capture or kill Neutrinos. Season 4's "Four Turtles and a Baby" shows the Rock Soldiers attacking a Neutrino city and the Neutrino leaders send Princess Tribble to Earth to protect her.
8 ) In, "The Four Musketurtles" we see a flashback of Krang's race and they're all brains in bubble walkers, contradicting their full body growth from Season 7. This is either a continuity glitch or before Krang managed to grow himself a body. This also proves that Krang is actually from a race in the series, whether or not they were Utroms was never explained.
9) Krang spends the vast majority of the shows run trying to find a new power source to re-power the Technodrome and take over NYC. From there he planned to conquer the Earth and then expand his operations back to Dimension X.
10) Krang seemingly created the mutagen, and throughout the shows run we're told that the ingredients to make it are very rare. Several episodes has Krang saying, "Mutagen doesn't grow on trees you know," or, "You wasted perfectly good mutagen," or, "That was the last vile of mutagen I had," implying the stuff is extremely hard to come by or produce. Some episodes even explain the formula used, such as "Bindex-3" and so forth. This is perhaps why Shredder/Krang never did create an army of mutants, it was hard to come by and they always messed up everytime they had some.
11) Dimension X is called "a parallel universe with untold power" by Shredder in, "White Belt, Black Heart." Everytime the Turtles or the villains came to or from Dimension X they first went through a portal.
12) Antrax is called, "Krang's royal executioner," which is actually pretty gruesome for old toon standards.
13) Krang likes watching American soap operas (as seen in The Ninja Sword of Nowhere) and is a snappy dresser. He calls his bubble walker his, "best suit" and his android body is almost like an extensive of himself.
If you actually take the time to notice all of the Krang history tidbits in the original series, there's actually a lot to piece together. This is what I love about the original cartoon, it seems simple on the surface but when you dig deep enough you find things you didn't notice before.